Name: Dorothy Tjikilim Forrest
Language: Walmajarri
Community: Kurnangki
Biography:
Dorothy Was Born in Derby Then she grew up in Jubilee Down Station. My mum and dad worked there for the station manager and also my Grandmother. Some of the paintings I do is about my grandmother when she used to take me fishing and some painting are about"my father stories about his country and where he was born so I do painting about his country and the stories he told me.
JILA LIVING WATERHOLE This is a big waterhole. Rain runs into the waterhole. This is good water. My people and my family lives in the desert for many years when rain season comes the waterholes Read more…
DRY LAND This is the dry season. When it gets dry every goes brown, even the grass and leaves in the trees. And also the billabong gets dry with only a little bit of Read more…
Ripples This is about the Fitzroy River and how it changes colour with the different seasons. It becomes a golden muddy colour as the river rises during the wet.